He snerks under his breath. "That is only the half of it: not only that, and not only is he here, but when I knew him in my world, he was my worst enemy, a man who wanted my crown and would stop at nothing to try and claim it." And he proceeds to tell her his life story, of the animosity between him and the Under-Secretary of the Ritual, and of Steerpike's one man revolt which nearly destroyed his family.